able to determine that china has i high altitude balloon program for intelligence collection. we assessed that at this time, these balloons have provided limited additive capabilities to the p. r c s, other intelligence platforms used over the united states. but in the future, if the p r c continues to advance this technology, it certainly could become more valuable to them. ah, type of quick check in the headlines here at this hour. it s been a week since to devastating earthquakes, hit turkey and syria, and the urines. now warning, the rescue phase of the response is coming to a close. the focus is now switching to caring for survivors. more than 37000 people have been declared dead across the 2 countries. the toll is expected to rise. some is they dam has more from no dia in south eastern turkey. but a lot of the focus is going to be shifting. it s already started for a while, but it s going to be intensifying on the needs of those many who have survive. remember that the
itself out on the pitch. in the longer term. saudi arabia is perhaps one of the few countries that has the appetite and the resources to one day rival europe s best teams. but for now, ram madrid have continued their continents dominance of global club football and richardson, algae, sarah, rebecca. ah, this is al jazeera and these are the headlines. the earthquake death toll across to kia in syria continues to climb more than $29000.00 now. confound dead! 6 days on from the disaster hopes of rescuing any more survivors from the rubble are beginning to fade in. we ll talk as president rash applied beto on. so step 2 will be taken to rebuild broken cities within weeks. he s denied accusations that building codes were properly enforced. bennett smith has more now from intact. yeah . one of the challenges for the government is it wants to move people away from these areas because it needs to stop this disaster turning into a public health catastrophe. the air is thick with smoke
hello again. the headlines on al jazeera, more than 25000 people have died after 2 powerful earthquakes had turkey and syria on monday, search and rescue efforts continue. the turkish president has been touring the destroyed area and is promised to rebuild the cities. a 4 year old girl has been called, alive from a collapse building after more than a 130 hours in gaussian tap, inter kia earlier rescue team saved a family of 5 after a 129 hours. since the disaster. bernard smith has more from and takia. this is the scene all over, and takia the capital of hearts a province. the air is poisonous, is thick with smoke, from people burning fires, plus all the dust from the debris and the continued drilling down. and as they try to clear away the rubble, but there have still is some little pieces of hope. you re in the 100 and 35th hour now. since the quake started and the 100 and 33rd hour here and on taki, we had a 2 year old rescued from the rubble that was to couple of hours ag
of the living. we are in i it s, it s exhibition center. and if you take a look it is packed with people like children and families are sleeping wherever they can. there are 3 holes here. it is packed. they are telling us that there is enough either a deliveries of water read further down, comedy show you because of the light controls. boots are being handed out and there is a q m as people. so around to the other side is very difficult . in syria, the disaster has compounded an existing humanitarian crisis and created new ones. in the northern loopo town of gen doris mass burials are taking place. it is one of the hardest hit areas much. heavily po had already been destroyed. and serious 12 year civil war rescue if it s severely restricted, by lack of equipment, needed to move debris and find survivors and whatnot. since the 1st div from a cousin, his wife and children, we pulled out for people yesterday, his wife and clear children. we came back today and pulled out the hus
rescue operations are still ongoing, while bodies are being recovered. turkish president, russia type earns acknowledge shortcomings in his government s response, but insists it would have been impossible to prepare for such a disaster. angry survivors say state agencies fail to arrive in time to look for people trapped under the rubble. latasha can i am, has more from istanbul a short time ago. he has foreign minister and now that one of the border crossing between here and syria will be allowed desperately needed humanitarian in syria. the foreign minister says they are working on reopening 2 more order process. he said this is not a political issue. this is case manager in line and in syria rescue as have been digging through the rubble with their bare hands getting a there has been even more difficult because of the civil war. the european union says it s providing $3750000.00 in emergency assistance. after president bashar al assad government called for help volunteers f